| 词组 | feed |
| 释义 | feed /fiːd/ verb (past tense and past participle fed /fed/) 1. to give food to a person or animalnounsfeed a baby/child The baby is crying – I think he needs feeding.feed an animal/bird Have you fed the cat?feed a family There was enough food to feed a family of five.feed the world There will be problems feeding the world if the population keeps growing.prepositionsfeed sth to sb The children were feeding bread to the ducks.feed sb on/with sth (=always give a person or animal a particular type of food to eat) We feed our dog mainly on meat. 2. to eat a particular type of foodprepositionsfeed on sth The birds feed on worms.feed off sth The caterpillars feed off nettles and other plants.Feed on or feed off?You say that an animal feeds on a particular type of food. You use feed off when saying that the animal uses something as one of its sources of food. |
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